European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 19, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday March 19 2007 stars and stripes w k pages name William Price age 32 title Petty officer first class Coic Par time do for Eagle 810 radio Yokota air base How did you get into radio Ive always been interested in radio i love the whole aspect of running a radio station in the Navy Ive done everything a can do i came from the arts broadcast Center where i programmed sports for an to and radio and before the Navy before i joined the Navy i was working in the funeral business its a family business on my dads Side he and my Uncle Are third generation funeral directors i was looking for a change and the Navy gave it to me dont you radio talents have Cool Nick names my nickname is big daddy it was Given to me As i went through journalism and broadcast school by my buddies the movie big daddy had just come out on video and my wife was pregnant with our oldest daughter at the time most people Are intrigued by radio djs since you Only hear them and dont see them like you do anchors on to i think a nickname just adds to the mystique give us a glimpse of what your own show would be like definitely an old school rap show i grew up listening to Eric b and Rakim emd run dec grandmaster Flash who Dini Sugarhill gang they All paved the Way for people like Eminem jazz Lud Acris Back then hiphop want just a genre of music it was a lifestyle what is most fun about being a do the Best part is getting to listen to music for a living what other Job can you have where you get paid to do that what is the worst part you Arent going to please everyone no matter what you do knowing that there Are people that absolutely hate the music you Are playing or the shows that air and you cant do anything about that being the main Man on the Mike have you developed any part of dds divine diva of course not in still a Down to Earth Guy but once you open that Mic you have a certain attitude that you Are the Best kind of like when i was playing baseball every time i stepped on the Field i thought i was the Best one out there of but you have to at least know some body with dds i work with the Best do in the Pacific and Hes not even a do and he lets everyone know it can you spin records like a sir mix alot i act like i can kind of like air guitar but with records in actuality 1 cant Good morning Vietnam or private of course Good morning Vietnam in not a Howard Stem fan sorry i hear you like the la clips int that like being a red sox fan just a Little worse yes because we Haven won anything yet Ive been a fan since they were in san Diego they Are the Only la team i like i thought they were going to make it to the Western conference finals last year this year they Are struggling All right big daddy Send us off the air do style that does it for me folks i Hope you enjoyed your trip Down big daddy showcase of life ill catch you on the flip Side peace out know someone whose accomplishments talents Job Hobby Volunteer work awards or Good deeds qualify them for 15 minutes of Fame How about someone whose claim to glory is a bit out of the Ordinary even dare we say oddball Call Paul Newell at stars and stripes with the persons name and Contact information at Dan 2293158 or email him at Franklin and stripes demonstrators outside Camp Humphreys South Korea in August 2005 protest plans that will see the base triple in size in coming years 2012 completion Date set for Humphreys expansion by to Flack stars and stripes Seoul the South korean consortium that wins the bid to run the Camp Humphreys expansion project will be tasked to com plete it by 2012 us forces Korea commander Gen by Bell confirmed in a recent interview us officials have until now Only stated that the agreed upon plan Between the United states and South Korea was to move us troops from Seoul and All Points North to a greatly expanded Humphreys by 2008 Bell stressed that units will begin to move to Humphreys As the facilities Are ready weve agreed Ever since Day one and were going to execute this facilities Are ready for a unit to move into were going to move them he said so i would anticipate As soon As buildings Are completed and if we have room Well begin to move units Down there Small ones the plan int to wait until the entire project is Complete in five years he said so theres not going to be a giant movement one afternoon of thousands of americans to Pye not ask he said it will be a de liberate Effort and it will be gauged against the completion of appropriate facilities Bell said us Secretary of de sense Robert Gates and his South korean counterpart defense minister Kim Sangsoo agreed on the final step of the project master plan during their facet face meeting in washing ton do late last month Bell said the process is moving quickly if it was Hung up its not any More he said of the master plan the transformation plan hit major roadblocks in the past two years when activists across the Peninsula rallied to support farm ers who were being forced off about 2300 acres of land South Milf it was Hung up its not anymore11 Gen by Bell us forces Korea commander on the snags to a Usk realignment plan that have been ironed out Korea bought for the Humphreys expansion during a massive protest in May 2006 most of the activists and villagers were forcibly re moved from the land by thou Sands of South korean riot police some holdouts squatted there for months however and Only recently agreed to take government buy outs and vacate the area officials recently began work on a 200acre plot of land called parcel 1 Bell said the decision to give operational wartime command or of com of South korean forces Back to their own military and to inactivate the combined forces command affected part of the master plan its also being consid ered in the decision on when to move us forces Korea to Humphreys the original plan for the head quarters is clearly different now than it was two years ago he said the original master plan called for the combined forces command to move to Humphreys hundreds of Republic of Korea staff officers and com Manders and leaders would have moved Down there with that operation he said that is now not going to happen South Korea will form its own new Headquarters with the trans Fer of of com Bell said he assumes South Korea will build the Headquarters in Seoul to House what he refers to As a Republic of Korea joint forces command we could move Usk to Pye not ask before the Transfer of of com he said we could and still be Able to function As combined forces command but it would be difficult he stressed its much easier to move after Transfer of of com he said we have to make a judgment about what makes the most sense in terms of this Headquarters Usk moving to a Yongtaek versus the inactivation Date of Csc versus the building pro Gram pointing at the command col ors on display in his office he said he want sure when they would move South what i do know is this before that set of colors can move from this building Down to a Yongtaek we need adequate facilities we need a Headquarters and we need adequate housing for All the families of the service members that Man us forces Korea he said his Best prediction sometime Between 2007 and 2012 would be my Best guess Bell joked email to Flack at correction a March 17 graphic about anthrax vaccinations should have listed the following Dos age timeline first dose two weeks later four weeks later six months later 12 months later 18 months later and an annual Booster
